149: Chapter 149 Twin Moons! The Final Battle!
[A Yuehuang Realm Divine Trial has appeared; the Final Trial has begun!]
[Trial Countdown: 23:59:59...]
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Behind a pile of rocks not far away, Feng Chan, her hair disheveled and clothes blood-stained, dragged her walking-corpse of a body along in exhaustion...
Gasping for breath and covered in wounds, her Spiritual Qi was nearly depleted. Messy strands of hair clung to her bloodied cheeks, and every step she took felt like treading on the edge of a blade.
The recent pursuit had drained almost all her strength. Despair submerged her like a tide; she even thought she would die in this Secret Realm today, without even a corpse left behind.
When the notification of a Yuehuang Realm Divine Trial appearing rang in her mind, her first thought was whether she could survive these final twenty-four hours...
At this moment, her spirit was shattered; she was on the verge of collapse!
It wasn't until she saw that familiar figure in the distance that a flicker of comfort finally emerged in her eyes!
It was Luo Huang!
He was her only possible ally in the Secret Realm, the only lifesaving straw for her at this moment!
In that instant, Feng Chan's heart jolted violently. A bright light suddenly burst within her deathly eyes, and all her fatigue, fear, and despair were swept away in that moment.
The hope of survival had never felt so real.
She could even feel her Soul trembling.
What excited her even more was that the Yuehuang Realm Divine Trial was actually Luo Huang!
This meant that if she could reach Luo Huang's side, she would definitely be safe!
She was even already imagining the scene of her and Luo Huang standing together at the Peak of the Secret Realm!
Ecstasy swept through her body like a raging fire. She forgot the pain and the wounds, leaving only one thought:
Rush over there, faster, even faster!
"Luo Huang!!"
She cried out, ignoring the agonizing pain and her wounds reopening. Stumbling, she broke into a run, charging toward Luo Huang with nothing but the excitement and relief of being saved in her eyes.
One step, two steps... she was getting closer and closer to hope.
But just as she was about to reach Luo Huang and stretched out her hand to grab her ally's sleeve, her footsteps came to a sudden halt.
A faint yet intimidating aura fell upon her first.
Feng Chan looked up stiffly—
Only then did she discover in horror that Chu Ran was standing right in front of her, closer than Luo Huang, so close she could touch him by raising her hand!
Chu Ran lowered his eyes to glance at her, his lips slowly curling into a cold, indifferent arc. That sneer was so faint it was almost invisible, yet it carried a chill that could freeze heaven and earth!
Tianxuan!
Why was he here!
The ecstasy Feng Chan had felt from her fantasy of being saved was instantly extinguished as if doused with ice water, turning inch by inch into an extreme, ghost-seeing terror.
The smile on her face froze. Her pupils constricted violently, and the color drained from her face instantly. Her lips trembled, unable to utter even half a word.
Not good!
"He—!"
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Without any extra movement, without even raising a hand, with just a single thought—
Boom—!!
A cyan-gold World-Destroying Divine Thunder crashed down from the sky behind him. It was so fast that the space didn't even have time to ripple as it struck straight into the top of Feng Chan's head!
Her last word was still stuck in her throat; before she could even shout a full cry for help, her body disintegrated under the violent power of the Divine Thunder, turning into ashes without leaving a single trace of blood.
Only a vast, pure, and tangible cloud of Spiritual Qi remained. With a slight swirl in mid-air, it was gently drawn in by the invisible force around Chu Ran, flooding into his body like a whale gulping down water.
In just an instant, Feng Chan, who had been ecstatic about her escape just moments ago, completely vanished from the world, as if she had never existed...
Dead silence filled the area.
Even the air seemed frozen by this moment of ruthlessness!
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The pure and vast Spiritual Qi surged wildly through his limbs and bones. Under the impact of this majestic power, the barrier of Chu Ran's original Star Radiance Realm Peak shattered.
Without the slightest hindrance or delay, a cold, bright moon rose from his body into the sky. A moon-like divine essence wrapped around him, and every inch of his aura surged, transformed, and sublimated—
Yuehuang Realm!
An invisible cry of the God Realm seemed to echo through heaven and earth. Chu Ran's robes fluttered, and his eyes were cold as winter stars. The pressure of his newly achieved Moon Radiance Breakthrough was not at all inferior to Luo Huang's, even adding a touch of overbearing sharpness. Two identical waves of Divine Power collided violently in mid-air, kicking up a wild wind.
Qin Daofan's Totem, the Thunder Leopard, lay prostrate on the ground, its entire body trembling with electricity...
Qin Xiner's Golden Crow withdrew its true fire, bowing its head and letting out a low, respectful cry...
Even Fengtian God Lin Yuhen stood quietly to the side, her eyes devoid of ripples...
Luo Huang's pupils shrank, and the ecstasy and arrogance on his face instantly froze!
One second he was mocking Chu Ran's low Realm, and the next, the other party used the most overbearing and unreasonable method to kill someone on the spot, devour their Spiritual Qi, and directly achieve a Breakthrough, standing at the exact same height as him!
An uncontrollable chill surged wildly from the depths of his heart, turning into genuine fear that crawled up his spine.
The Incinerating True Fire at his fingertips trembled slightly, no longer possessing the overwhelming aura from before!
[A second Yuehuang Realm Divine Trial has appeared; the Final Trial is suspended!]
A cold notification rang in his mind.
Chu Ran slowly raised his eyes, his cold gaze sweeping over the pale-faced Luo Huang. His voice wasn't loud, but every word was like an unsheathed ice blade, carrying a ruthlessness that could cut through everything:
"Come, it's a fight to the death."
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